Lee Enterprises (LEE) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026)
Lee Enterprises' (LEE) Times Interest Earned came in at 1.55 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 28, 2026), up 237.5% from 0.46 a year earlier and up 38.7% from the prior quarter.
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Lee Enterprises (LEE) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 28, 2026, Times Interest Earned at Lee Enterprises was 0.62; for FY2025 (ended Sep 28, 2025), it was -0.11.
- In prior fiscal years, Lee Enterprises' Times Interest Earned was 0.11 in FY2024 (-87.7%), 0.90 in FY2023 (+50.6%), 0.59 in FY2022 (-52.9%) and 1.26 in FY2021 (+19.9%).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Times Interest Earned since fiscal Q1 2022.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2026, with growth of 237.5%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2024, with a decline of 59.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned for the three prior fiscal quarters was 1.12 (Q2 2026), 0.51 (Q1 2026) and -0.14 (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.62 Bn | 63.29 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 0.46 |
| 2 | Fox | 27.00 Bn | 12.91 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.21 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 7.49 |
| 4 | News | 15.94 Bn | 8.14 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.45 Bn | 9.37 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | New York Times | 10.22 Bn | 7.71 Bn | 394.61 Mn | - |
| 7 | Pearson | 10.20 Bn | 7.34 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.72 Bn | 8.30 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 4.21 |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.91 Bn | 5.85 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Lee Enterprises | 154.93 Mn | 21.89 Mn | - | 1.55 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 1.55 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 1.12 |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 0.51 |
| Sep 28, 2025 | -0.14 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 0.46 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -0.45 |
| Dec 29, 2024 | -0.33 |
| Sep 29, 2024 | -0.34 |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 0.49 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | -0.45 |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 0.77 |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 1.06 |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 1.19 |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 0.27 |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 1.07 |
| Sep 25, 2022 | -0.34 |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 0.63 |
| Mar 27, 2022 | -0.31 |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 2.36 |
| Sep 26, 2021 | 1.27 |
API Access
Lee Enterprises Times Interest Earned API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "ticker": "LEE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=LEE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();